Journal Articles: 

Leonard, Meghan E., Hayley Munir, and Michael Catalano. 2025. “Court Curbing Lower State Courts in the US” State Politics and Policy Quarterly.

Leonard, Meghan E. and Joseph V. Ross. 2025. “Opinion Self-Assignment on State Supreme Courts.” Journal of Law and Empirical Analysis. 2(2): 251-65.

Leonard, Meghan E. 2024. “Democratic Backsliding in the American States: The Case of Judicial Independence” Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 54(3): 573-79
     *Winner of the John Kincaid Best Article Award, 2025. The best article published in Publius: The Journal of Federalism in the previous year.

Leonard, Meghan E. 2022. “State Supreme Court Responsiveness to Court Curbing: Examining the use of Judicial Review” Justice System Journal. 43(4): 486-502

Leonard, Meghan E. 2022. “New Data on Court Curbing by State Legislatures" State Politics and Policy Quarterly. 22(4): 483-500

 Leonard, Meghan E. and Joseph V. Ross. 2020. “Gender Diversity, Women's Leadership, and Consensus in State Supreme Courts." Journal of Women, Politics, & Policy. 41(3): 287-302
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Leonard, Meghan E. and Joseph V. Ross. 2016. “Understanding the Length of State Supreme Court Opinions” American Politics Research 44(4): 710-733

Leonard, Meghan E. 2016. "State Legislatures, State High Courts, and Judicial Independence: An Examination of Court-Curbing Legislation in the States" Justice System Journal 37(1): 53-62
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Leonard, Meghan E., and Joseph V. Ross. 2014. “Consensus and Cooperation on State Supreme Courts” State Politics and Policy Quarterly 14(1) 3-28.
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Leonard, Meghan E. 2014. “Elections and Decision-Making on State High Courts: Examining Legitimacy and Judicial Review” Justice System Journal 35(1) 45-61.
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Court Curbing & Replication Data:

Replication Data for: Court Curbing Lower State Courts in the US (SPPQ 2025)

Replication Data for: New Data on Court Curbing by State Legislatures (SPPQ 2022)

Replication Data for: Consensus and Cooperation on State Supreme Courts (SPPQ 2014)